Jigokudani Monkey Park

Japan

The monkeys are wild yet have a few incentives to stay in the area, regular feedings from the park staff and a hot spring to keep warm.

The adults looked more like gorillas, everyone in the group would run away in fear when certain large ones approached

The smaller ones liked to make faces

Some would hide when people got too close

I stayed at Jigokudani Onsen Korakukan, a two mile walk from the nearest bus stop, but only a few steps from Monkey Park

I particularly liked the lodge hot spring (pictured on the left) as it gets visits from monkeys outside park hours

View from the hot spring

Some jumped in the hot spring with me